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    The Girl with the Dragon Heart
    The Girl with the Dragon Heart
    The Girl with the Dragon Heart
    Audiobook6 hours

    The Girl with the Dragon Heart

    Written by Stephanie Burgis

    Narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson

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    Silke has always been good at spinning the truth and storytelling. So good that, just years after arriving in the kingdom as a penniless orphan, she has found her way to working for the most splendid chocolate makers in the city as a master promoter. Although Silke loves her work at the Chocolate Heart, she’s certain it’s not going to last, and what Silke wants more than anything is somewhere to call home--somewhere safe. But when your best friend is a dragon-turned-hot-tempered-girl, trouble is always right around the corner.

    Then Silke gets the opportunity she’s been waiting for: the Crown Princess personally asks her to spy on the Elfenwald royal family during their first visit to the kingdom. In return, Silke will have the home she’s always wanted in the secure palace. But Silke has her own dark, secret reasons for not trusting fairies . . . and her mission isn’t as simple as she hoped. Soon, she discovers that her city is in danger--and that maybe it’s more her home than she ever realized.

    Can Silke find out the truth about the fairies while keeping her own secrets hidden?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 14, 2020
    ISBN9781980080077
    Author

    Stephanie Burgis

    Stephanie Burgis grew up in East Lansing, Michigan, but now she lives in Wales with her husband (fellow writer and ebook cover designer Patrick Samphire), their two sons, and their very vocal tabby cat, Pebbles (who basically owns Steph's Instagram account). She writes wildly romantic historical fantasy for adults (most recently, Scales and Sensibility, Good Neighbors, and the Harwood Spellbook series) and fun, funny MG fantasy adventures for kids (most recently, The Raven Heir and the Dragon with a Chocolate Heart trilogy).

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    • 5/5
      Wonderful! Enjoyed this so much! Just as good as the first one! Zilke is a wonderful heroine! Great message and so much fun and excitement and emotion!
    • 5/5
      This was a great middle grade fantasy about a young girl looking for security and a place to call home. Silke is an orphan who lost her parents to faeries when she was six. She has been living on the beach outside Drachenburg with her older brother. They are eking out a living selling used clothing.But Silke has talents and dreams that keep her looking for more. She's a gifted storyteller and a wonderful promoter. She is using her talents to promote the Chocolate Heart where her best friend is a dragon with a gift for food magic and a love for chocolate.Silke comes to the attention of the Crown Princess who offers to provide her a permanent place in her palace if she agrees to spy on the Elfenwald royal family when they come to negotiate a treaty with Drachenburg. Silke wants the security the Crown Princess is offering and really wants to know if her parents are still alive and can be rescued.It doesn't take long for her to begin having doubts about living in a palace. Being constrained as a lady in waiting to a princess is very different than the freedom she has to wander the city as a storyteller and promoter.When she learns that the faeries are eager for the alliance so that they can destroy all the dragons, Silke has to find a way to protect her friend. When the faeries use their magic to take over the kingdom, it is up to a 13-year-old storyteller, a 12-year-old dragon, and a 12-year-old princess to find a way to save everyone.I loved this story because it was about friendship and finding a home. Silke is an intriguing character who is determined and focused. She is gifted but doesn't really realize the scope of her gifts until she is called upon to save her friends.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book just as much as the first. Silke has such a marvelous voice, just as well developed as Aventurine's from the first and also just as distinctive. These are the best middle grade fantasy books I've read since Ella Enchanted.
    • 3/5
      This is a fantasy story, the second in a series, with a wonderful premise. Silke, the secret heroine of the first book in this series, is a thirteen year old orphan, who lives in a tent by the riverbank together with her older brother Dieter. They sell second and third hand clothes at a market stall. Also, Silke has a job as a waitress in a chocolate shop, her best friend is a dragon turned human, who is an apprentice chocolatier, and Silke spies for the crown princess.

      This is as far as I made it, before I started to skim the book because the writing just didn't sit well with me. I am totally blaming myself and not the book for this. You know, there is a time for a book and sometimes the time just isn't right. I might enjoy the series a lot more in a re-read.
    • 3/5
      A sequel/companion to The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart. Thirteen year old Silke is using her storytelling skills to promote the chocolate shop where the dragon Aventurine works when the crown princess enlists Silke as a spy. The royal family are suspicious about the fairies of Elfenwald’s sudden visit, and Silke has her own reasons for wanting to learn more about Elfenwald. This is thoughtful and charming and a tiny bit predictable. Silke’s a girl with layers and secrets (not as straightforward as Aventurine!) and I was aware that she could have easily been the heart of a longer and more complex story. That said, it’s not necessarily a bad thing for a book to leave me wanting more. I particularly liked Silke’s friendship with Aventurine and her reflections about storytelling. The truth is that, for once, my older brother was right: it wasn’t sensible for me to accept the crown princess’s challenge. A thirteen-year-old girl from the riverbank, with no proper home or schooling, setting out ot mix with royals, match wits with vengeful fairies and stand up for her entire city? Anyone in Drachenburg could have told me that was absurd. But there’s one other truth I know for sure: if you have the courage to tell your own story, you can remake the world.